User blog comment:Multimoog/Yum yum fun is what it's all about/@comment-122657-20081218192437

Thank you for the greatest 80's toy commentary I've read in my life thus far.

I was not fortunate enough to own one of my own, but was just as quickly disappointed with it when introduced to my best friend's TSSCM. I don't think we ever figured out getting the syrup straight from the source, or it's possible that his parents never gave us the syrup to play with, as I remember snow cones with little to no flavor whatsoever. I also remember using the shovel to actually eat the snow cones, which must have included some horrendous fighting over who gets to use it next, though those are blocked from my memories as well.

Best Christmas present is a very difficult question to answer. . . There are easily some best presents that I remember well, a vintage Marvel Heroes lunchbox, my first X-Box, but Best Christmas is tough. Maybe the Swoop transformer that I took to school on the first day back from break, and was subsequently stolen from my cubby.

I whole-heartedly believe that one day in the future I'll either invent a time machine, or become entrapped in temporal accident where I'm sent back to 1985 (yes, I'm aware of that year's implications, thanks to Back to the Future), and steal the toy from my Kindergarten-self. It's the only way for me to not hate other Kindergartners.

On a final note, HOLY CRAP, SEARS WISHBOOK. Seeing that picture could make me cry from the wholly awesomeness of that book. I only wish they were available to purchase today. I'd collect them more than I collect comics now. (Which is a ridiculous amount of collecting).